Thriller

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that thrills, especially a sensational or suspenseful book, story, play, or movie.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something that thrills.
  • n. A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something which thrills or affects with a tingling sensation of pleasure or, occasionally, pain; a shocker; specifically, a shilling shocker.
  • n. One who thrills others; specifically, a writer of ‘thrillers’ or shilling shockers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    chiller   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Miller    Schiller    biller    chiller    distiller    driller    filler    giller    hiller    killer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fiction    genre    novelist    fantasy    paperback    sf    suspense    flick    science fiction    bestseller